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Lahore:July 03: Punjab University Examinations Department has issued date sheet of MA/MSc Part-I Annual Examination 2016. The exams will commence from August 4. The detailed date sheet is available on PU website www.pu.edu.pk.The news.

Lahore:July 01:The Lahore High Court Thursday disposed of a petition challenging possible privatisation of public schools after a law officer informed the court that the government was not handing over them to non-government organisations.

Lahore:30 June:Provincial Minister for Minority Affairs and Human Rights Khalil Tahir Sandhu has said that hard-working and competent male and female students are the symbol of bright future of Pakistan.

He expressed these views during a meeting with a delegation of students of a private University here on Wednesday.

He said the Punjab government had added 47 percent additional budget to the upcoming year for the education sector as compare to the previous budget.

He said collectively Rs 256 billion had been allocated for school education.

Lahore:30 June:The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&amp;DC) has announced the results of the National Examination Board examinations (NEB) step I (basic sciences subjects) from Pakistani nationals with foreign basic medical and dental qualifications.

According to a press release issued here on Wednesday, the examination was conducted by Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Medical University/PIMS, Islamabad in Pak-China Friendship Centre, Islamabad on 2nd of June 2016.

Lahore:30 June:The Syndicate of University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore on Wednesday approved Rs3.02 billion budget for the financial year 2016-17.

According to a press release issued here on Wednesday, Vice-Chancellor Meritorious Prof Dr Talat Naseer Pasha, while chairing the 44th syndicate meeting, said that focus would be on applied research and development projects for further improving the quality of education and services at the university.

He told the meeting that Rs1.624 billion had been allocated for development projects.

Lahore:30 June:Justice Ali Akbar Qureshi of the Lahore High Court has given last chance to the vice-chancellor of University of Health Science to comply with the earlier court order within 10 days, otherwise, contempt of court proceedings would be initiated against him in addition to imposition of heavy cost.

The judge issued this order on a contempt of court application of Dr Qaisar Rasheed who had sought directions from the court for the VC to remove his concerns about the quality of the research and teaching at the university.

Lahore:June 29: Virtual University (VU) and Government College Women University Faisalabad (GCWUF) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for collaboration in academic, research, human and infrastructural resources.

Virtual University Rector Dr Naveed A Malik and Government College Women University Faisalabad Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Naureen Aziz Qureshi signed the MoU.

The two top universities will also develop joint research projects and programmes in line with the national priorities for influencing policies through evidence generation.The news.

Lahore:June 29:Punjab Teachers Union (PTU) has expressed serious concerns over non issuance of third and fourth installment of non-salary budget and School Management Committee (SMC) grant for over 500 public schools of the provincial metropolis.

Punjab Teachers Union central general secretary Rana Liaqat Ali said the fiscal year 2015-16 was about to end on June 30 but it was unfortunate that these funds could not be released so far.

Lahore:June 29:Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif presided over the first meeting of board of directors of Punjab Institute of Quran and Seerat Studies here Tuesday which considered various matters relating to the institute.

Lahore:28 June:Speakers at a post budget session on Monday expressed concern at the progressive decline in share of education sector in the provincial budget over the past few years.

Statistics shared at the session organised by Alif Ailaan showed that in 2013-14 26 per cent of the provincial budget was allocated to the education sector. The share of the sector came down to 24 per cent in 2014-15 and to 21.4 per cent in 2015-16.

In the 2016-17 budget, funds allocated for the education sector came to 18.6 per cent of the provincial budget.

Lahore:27 June:All the principals of medical colleges have been directed to resolve the managerial issues, maintain discipline, ensure presence of doctors, nurses, cleanliness and functioning of biomedical equipment in their attached teaching hospitals within a month.

Government, for the first time has allocated Rs24 billion for specialised healthcare and medical education and all the officers concerned have to work hard to achieve the targets fixed by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif.